octopus at wetherill

[Mr.X]

I don't know much about octos, but another idea would be a deeper-water octopus that got a little closer to shore than usual. For example, this species is found around here if you get below 200m:

Bathypolypus arcticus, deep sea octopus - The Cephalopod Page

Cool! Thanks for the link. It would be very interesting to bring a slurp gun out there and collect a specimen to key (non-invasively). What's interesting about the octo. photos is the papillae on the eye stalks. However, since these guys can assume any shape...

I used to have several octopods for behavioral research and just love the way they think and react. It's just too bad that nature doesn't let these guys live longer than a few years because they'd probably have cities underwater by now if they lived a few decades. They're pretty nice as pets too.

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[RIOceanographer]

However, since these guys can assume any shape...

Sure adds new challenges to taxonomy.

 

[trappist]

amazing, simply amazing ! I would never have thought either that we could find an octopus in NE waters.

 

[ScubaGypsy]

My wife saw an octopus today in the right cove at Ft Wetherill that may be the same one as it was similarly colored and the same size. Water was 48 F and depth was ~ 25'. Octopus location was along the rocks on the left side just past the wall.